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Something caught my attention while watching Vash launching the rock upward in episode 1.

His arm flashes neon green from shoulder to wrist while he's swinging it up; likely, a power surge to assure the rock would have gone in position quickly.

But then, when the shot widens and focuses on him pointing the gun, he has only his right arm raised.

In fact, for a brief moment, you can see him looking down at his left limb, which is kinda flopping dead, like on...cool-down? Sort of?

It seems he waited (or had to wait) some seconds to hold it up again to stabilise the shot.

I wonder if the arm overheated. If it did, boy that would have felt not comfortable on both the nerves and the arm-lock.

#is this overheating?#damn I hope not #that shtick would BURN #even for just a handful of seconds #dang it vash was that really necessary? very likely #vash #vash the stampede #trigun stampede #tristamp #trigun #trigunalysis #mechanical arm #lost technology

3 billion years ago, during the epoch of star gods and dragons, it was possible to travel faster than light with warp drives and wormholes. However, it turns out that the fabric of spacetime can only be bent so many times before it locks in shape, like metal fatigue.

And so the galaxy gradually calcified, the great ancient empires crumbled as their planets were cut off from each other, and interstellar travel died before animals on Earth ever learned to walk on land.

#science fiction #writing idea #ancient aliens #hard science fiction #faster than light travel #lost technology #environmentalism #worldbuilding

Today’s Miku Module of the Day is:

Lost Technology by SWAV !

#hatsune miku #vocaloid #piapro #lost technology #divela #album art #swav #908

Yes 😁

#star trek #seat belt #air bags #lost technology

Liveblog: Rewatching Trigun, Episode 9 (a Very Important episode)

This is where Wolfwood enters the story. TBH, I would’ve guessed he’d appear earlier. Anyway, I’ve been looking forward to this! Here we go!

-- “That is one heck of a well-prepared dead guy” lol

-- Wolfwood resting against the cross looks vaguely crucified. Oh, symbolism.

-- Could you possibly show any more of your chest, Wolfwood? ;)

(Also, where does he get his razors and how can he afford them? Actually, same question goes for Vash, too).

-- Vash introducing himself in a silly fake-deep voice. Longest. Name. Ever. Like he’s trying to joke and impress Wolfwood at the same time. Pretty sure he’s flirting. He sounds ike a middle school child trying to talk to a crush, lol.

-- That’s quite a handshake. Would probably break a normal person’s hand.

-- OMG the way they’re laughing maniacally about the water is the best thing ever.

It isn’t actually that funny, so I think this bit is supposed to stand in for a longer conversation where they’re joking around.

-- Wolfwood’s voice sounds so blase when he’s talking about the orphanage.

So we have Meryl guarding her feelings with anger and Wolfwood guarding them with distance/blocked emotions. The only one expressing their feelings in any sort of open way is Vash. In fact, he might be expressing too many feelings. Actually, even Vash doesn’t express deep and meaningful feelings, only momentary reactions to the situations around him, or oversharing about body needs (hunger, thirst, pain, needing the bathroom). He’s a great example of how to hide your feelings while looking like you’re sharing them openly.

-- Wolfwood and kids. Compare how he acts with these kids to how Vash was with Kaite last episode. Wolfwood is gentle and sweet, and literally gets down on their level <3.

-- What are those food bars Wolfwood is sharing? They look like something astronauts would eat. Are they “lost technology?”

-- Wolfwood feeding the orphans. My heart!. No wonder Vash smiles so sweetly. I probably have the same look on my face right now. XD <3

-- Holy shit Wolfwood’s character analysis of Vash after knowing him for like 30 minutes. It’s perfect. Especially after starting out similarly to Meryl, being like, “this goofy guy can’t possibly be Vash the Stampede.”

-- And then from that he launches into advertising like, “That’s this man’s opinion anyway...and THAT’S why we have this confessional!” “You really are good at your job, aren’t you?” Vash looks surprised and pissed off. I don’t blame him. He’s been wandering the world for many years, no one understands him and he probably feels so alone. Then someone gets him, but he doesn’t care, he’s just doing a bait and switch routine. Ouch.

-- I think Wolfwood probably did the confessional thing because he just got way too personal and was starting to feel uncomfortable and awkward. This was an excuse. Plausible deniability, if you will: “I’m just doing my job.”

-- “You would have gone anyway, wouldn’t you?” Awww

-- Why the f*** did the colonists of this planet make these giant mechanical spider-things? Of all the guards you could possibly make, why? ::asking the real questions::

-- The little girl whispering “how embarrassing” as the guys who were supposed to save her spin around in quicksand. Ahahahaha

-- These guys fight together really well. They move together really well. In other words, they have perfect chemistry. SO fun to watch.

-- “That’s no ordinary priest.” What/how much does Vash know?

-- Why does Wolfwood bother lying that he’s never used a gun? First of all, Vash just saw him shoot the mechanical spiders outside. Second of all, he’s about to shoot like someone who knows wtf he’s doing, realizing Vash will notice.

-- This episode is really playing up the similarities between Vash and Wolfwood. That surprised me because I remember Wolfwood as more of a foil. But it’s so cool to see Wolfwood at his best and kindest.

-- Wait, where’s the little girl? Did Vash and Wolfwood even bring her back when they got out of the spaceship? Did they forget why they were out there in the first place?

-- OK, so the entire episode shows the similar values/chemistry/synchronous fighting/endless flirting of Vash and Wolfwood, and then just kind of abruptly pairs them off with the girls for the rest of the ride, for no apparent reason.

-- Well, not quite no apparent reason. I don’t know how much Wolfwood likes Milly yet, but considering that the alternative is Meryl, I’d pick Milly, too. Lol, poor Vash is left to be tormented by her.

-- Haha, I love how Vash has learned to roll with Meryl’s diatribes and just sass her back.

-- Wolfwood falling asleep on Milly’s shoulder and Milly being a little embarrassed and then just going with it and falling asleep leaning on him herself, aww.

-- It takes four men to lift that cross out of the truck and toss it down to Wolfwood, who just catches it without his arms even sagging, as if it were nothing. No wonder he was dying, he lugged something that took 4 normal men to carry for 100 iles (the equivalent of miles), in the desert heat.

-- “It’s so heavy because it’s full of mercy” lol iconic

-- Wait, why is Wolfood leaving? I thought he had reasons to stay with them--wait, is that a spoiler?

-- Haha he says goodbye to Vash personally by name and then says goodbye to everyone else as a unit.

I’m going to fall asleep smiling now. Seeing them happy makes me happy.

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Agency says pigeons nested in machinery at the 24th/Mission Station, delaying project by a month while birds raised hatchlings.

“BART also said that ‘by federal law, we can’t disturb an active nest and monitored the nest every day.’”

“It's not clear what law or regulation protects the birds -- formally known as rock pigeons, or Columbia livia. They are among the dozens of non-native species not protected from disturbance under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.”

#lost technology #zero accountability